#4E2D9E#4E2D9E

#4E2D9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.172 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2D9E
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 158)
HSL	hsl(258, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(258, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 71.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.32, 42.64, -56.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.32, 70.49, 307.22°)
OKLab	oklab(40.95% 0.0589 -0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(40.95% 0.172 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.2501, 5.9647, 32.9523)
Luminance	0.0597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.82

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2D9E #7D9E2D

analogous

#2D459E #4E2D9E #872D9E

triadic

#4E2D9E #9E4E2D #2D9E4E

tetradic

#4E2D9E #9E2D45 #7D9E2D #2D9E87

square

#4E2D9E #9E2D45 #7D9E2D #2D9E87

split-complementary

#4E2D9E #9E872D #459E2D

monochromatic

#1F123F #361F6E #4E2D9E #6840C9 #8D6FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.58

#4E2D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E2D9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2D9E

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2D9E	1.00	9.58	2.19	9.58
#FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.172 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8769bc',
    500: '#4e2d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2d9e;
$custom-light: #8769bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.522,
    "s": 55.665,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40948,
    "c": 0.17152,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2D9E

secondary

#A5BD69

accent

#DF49B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2D9E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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